Getting A Promotion At Work ‘Slashes Heart Disease Risk'

If you’ve just been promoted at work, it’s not just your bank balance that will look healthier – your heart could benefit too.

According to researchers from the University College London (UCL) and the University of California, people with better promotion prospects in the workplace are 20% less likely to develop heart disease than those who show few signs of professional development.

During the study, researchers looked at the employment histories of nearly 5,000 Whitehall civil servants over a 15-year period (from 1985 to 1999).

Researchers discovered that those with double the promotion rate had a lower chance of being diagnosed with heart disease in the future, compared to employees stuck in dead-end jobs.

The study concluded that being successful is good for a person’s health.